Reminders:
- The month of March is Women's History month
- Irish apparel day on Friday, March 16
- Student Progress Conferences Thursday, March 22
- Friday, March 23- No classes for students. Factuly Institute Day.
- Easter break March 26- April 2
- Tuesday, April 3 is the rescheduled 7th grade shadow day.
- Students will follow a Pink Day schedule on Wednesday, April 4
- Don't forget- Rick needs nominations for teacher and students of the month!
- I will be writing our next blog post Wednesday, April 4. Please send me updates, shout-outs, and/or pictures you have! Please feel free to send them as they happen- I'll hold onto them until I write the next post!
Records:
- Registration is in full swing in the Records Office! Still chasing down over 50 students who have not turned in their form
Practicum:
- Students are in the thick of their shadowing experiences!
- Amanda has partnered with several new placement sites this semester:
Dominican University, Emily Radlowski Phd, RDN, LDN
Fitness Formula Clubs (FFC) Park Ridge, Sarah Ashenden
Wright Way Rescue, Cindy Ritter, Operations Manager
Pearl Boutique
Norwood Life Society Thrift Shop
St. Juliana School
St. Eugene School
Academic Support:
- Bri and Sam are in the process of planning transition meetings for incoming freshmen
- We will host a session during the March 23 faculty institute on student anxiety
College Counseling:
- College 101 for juniors is in it's 7th and last week
- College 101 for sophomores starts this week
- Seniors have received 12.8 Million Dollars in scholarships and grants. More financial aid award information keeps coming in every day!
- Seniors have been accepted to over 400 colleges
- A few exciting things to share: We have one Pullman Scholarship Semi-Finalist for a chance of a $10,000 Scholarship, a student with a full-tuition academic scholarship to DePaul and one of our seniors has been awarded $580,00 in scholarships and grants over 4 years!
General Counseling:
- Registration has turned a corner and the majority have been passed back; however, we still have several outstanding forms.
- Sheri and Mary are meeting with current Sophomores for their 2nd semester check in. These have been going really well overall.
- Mary attended the Archdiocesan Counselors meeting at Regina. There was a great presenter from Alexian Brothers who address anxiety among teens.
- The counselors are working towards a suicide prevention program from the start of next year.
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